Cowboys fan loses bet, must name her son after Redskins quarterback Robert Griffin III

Marissa Pena is lifelong Cowboys fan, but her first son will be known as Robert Griffin, thanks to the Cowboys loss to the Redskins on Thanksgiving.

According to the Washington Post, Pena and her boyfriend Emanuel Vega, a Redskins fan, were struggling to come up with a name for their first child. So they made a bet: whoever’s team won the Thanksgiving Day game got to name the child.

After one veto on each side, it came down to Austin Miles Vega, for current Cowboy Miles Austin, or Robert Griffin Vega, for the Redskins’ current quarterback, Robert Griffin III.

When the Cowboys couldn’t complete a second-half comeback, falling 38-31, the name was set in stone.

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